Propellerhead Adds Signature Patches for Thor Polysonic Synth

Propellerhead Software announce the release of signature patches from some of the world's leading artists and sound developers for Reason 4's new Thor polysonic synth—from Richard Devine to Daniel Wang.

Thor takes sound creation to a new level, offering a veritable "museum" of synthesis techniques wrapped into one instrument. With six open "slots," Thor brings together six different oscillators with four different filter types plus wave shaping, enveloping and effects. Thor facilitates a plethora of modulation routings enabling users to exchange audio and control signals just like original modular synths. The result is a fantastic, full-sounding software instrument that is extremely light on CPU usage. Thor Polysonic Synthesizer is a part of the new Reason 4 stand-alone music production system for Mac and PC platforms, and will be available later this year*.

Creating the best sounding synth on earth is merely the beginning. Having superb patches available right out of the box is the dividend. For that very reason, Propellerhead invited some of the world's leading synthesists and sound developers to add their own Thor patches to the Reason sound bank including Daniel Wang, Morgan Geist, Pascal Gabriel, Plaid, Richard Barbieri, Richard Devine, Sonic Boom, Tipper, Two Lone Swordsmen, Gordon Reid, and Vengeance.



"Thor's sound was tremendously detailed and rich," says Richard Devine. "I loved the way you could stack and layer the modules piece by piece to work it one piece at a time. I was able to get some extremely beautiful pads, strings, and ambient sounds. The oscillators had a beautiful range and could go extremely rough or smooth and warm. It's very versatile and unique."

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